Sva segia menn i fornum sogum,
So men said in ancient stories,
at einnhverr af ásum,
that one of the Aesir,
sa er Heimdallr het,
who was called Heimdall,
fór ferðar sinnar ok framm með siofarstrondu nockurri,
was going on his way and as he went along a seashore,
kom at einum húsaboe ok nefndiz Rigr.
he came to a homestead, and he gave his name as Rig.
Eptir þeirri sogu er kvæði þetta:
This poem is about that story.
1
Ár kváðu ganga
Long ago, they said, walked
grænar brautir
on green ways
öflgan ok aldinn
a powerful and aged
ás kunnigan,
knowledgable god,
ramman ok röskvan
mighty and ripe-grown
Rig stíganda.
Ríg, striding
rammr, a. strong, of bodily strenngth, mighty and powerful
röskr, acc. röskvan, a. vigorous, brave
röskvast, v. refl. to ripen, of fruit, to grow up.
2
Gekk hann meirr at þat
On he walked more then
miðrar brautar,
in the middle of the way.
kom hann at húsi,
He came to a house,
hurð var á gætti;
the door was ajar,
inn nam at ganga,
in he stepped.
elldr var á gólfi,
There was a fire on the floor,
hión sátu þar
man and wife sat there,
hár at arni,
grey-haired by the hearth,
Ái ok Edda
Great-grandfather and Great-grandmother